National Peach Ice Cream Day –
This is the perfect time of year for some fresh peach ice cream. I
love peach ice cream but really only in the summer when the peaches
are so delicious.
Wrong Way Corrigan Day –
Douglas Corrigan, a pilot with a plane that seemed to be falling
apart around him, flew nonstop from California to New York in July of
1938. Then, immediately after that, on this day in 1938, he filed
plans to fly across the ocean but he was denied permission because
authorities didn't believe his plane would be able to make the
journey intact so instead he was given permission to fly back to the
West Coast. So he took off pointed west and then a few moments later
turned 180 degrees and disappeared into the clouds. He landed in
Ireland 28 hours later and claimed that he got lost in the clouds and
his compass didn't work. The authorities were not amused and
suspended his license but the public thought it was very funny and
called him “Wrong Way” Corrigan and he became a national
celebrity.
Yellow Pig Day – Possibly
created by Michael Spivak and David C. Kelly, when they were college
students in the 1960's. They began listing interesting properties of
the number 17 and created the yellow pig with 17 eyelashes in the
process. Michael Spivak has written several math books since then
with yellow pigs contained in the illustrations. Mathematicians
sometimes refer to yellow pigs and some even have collections of
yellow pigs. Events celebrating this day have been held by
mathematicians since the 1960's, although sometimes they are held on
May 17th or September 17th.
To celebrate today, go shopping and
keep your eyes open for a yellow pig to bring home and share with
your family. Make sure you deliberately go the wrong way at least
once on the way home and then finish up the day with some delicious
peach ice cream.
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